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Block 1/3 Response to "The Scarlet Ibis"
In 150-250 words, please describe your reaction to the short story by James Hurst, "The Scarlet Ibis." You may write about any element you wish: characters, their motivations, themes, setting, plot, problem and solution, use of figurative language, etc. Please be sure to explain. Include ONE piece of textual evidence.
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Response to "The Scarlet Ibis"
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"The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst is a very interesting, detailed, and depressing story. The story is about a young boy named William Armstrong, who eventually got the nickname Doodle because of the challenges he faces. Everybody except for Aunt Nicey thought that Doodle would die. "He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man's." stated the text. He also has a weak heart so it took him a while, and a lot of fight to even learn how to crawl. The text says, " Trembling, he'd push himself up, turning first red, then a soft purple, and finally collapse back onto the bed like an old worn-out doll." This proves that Doodle is a fighter. Even though he's a fighter at the age of five he couldn't walk. Doodle's older brother was ashamed of his brother because of this, so after a couple of months of practice at Old Woman Swamp, Doodle was finally able to walk. Doodle's brother didn't do it for Doodle though, he did it for himself because he was "...ashamed of having a crippled brother." This makes the speaker selfish. Later in the text Doodle's brother pushes him past his limits and when a storm arrives Doodle's brother runs while Doodle falls behind, and sadly ended up dying. A little earlier in the text, a scarlet ibis bird had dyed in the family's back yard. I think this bird represents Doodle. This is because the text says, "How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree." This piece of text proves that the scarlet ibis, along with Doodle both made it so far, but ended up dying when they shouldn't have.
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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response - Michael Borowinski
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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response - Michael Borowinski
 This is a rather sad and shocking story. It is a story of a boy who had a very slim chance of survival at birth, but he persevered through the hardest times in his life. He was born very weak, and that made it very hard to move normally. His brother was embarrassed of his disability, so he pushed Doodle to change. Doodle listened, but he was eventually pushed too hard by his brother (the narrator), and the result was unfortunately death. The amount of pressure on this young boy to succeed was incredible. He was emotionally worn out and physically worn out after each session of training. Doodle was doing everything he was told no matter the limits on his body. The only thing that was keeping Doodle going was his brother, who didn't know his limits. During the storm towards the end of the short story when they were trying to get home, Doodle tripped and his brother left him. The narrator kept going, mad that their session had just failed. He also wanted to make Doodle get up and do it by himself. Doodle thinks the one thing that kept him going just abandoned him. He then crawled under a bush, where he would eventually die. After that, most likely, his body started to fail him. This would happen because of the stress and the conditions his fragile body was under. He was like the scarlet ibis that died. He was pushed by a force (his brother or the storm for the bird) and was put into an unfamiliar setting. Doodle began to shut down because his brother left him. His organs were probably in critical condition and he was too weak to move, and his only support system just abandoned him. Eventually, after maybe 10 minutes, the brother came back to check on him, and there was blood coming out of his mouth and he was dead. It was his own pride that killed his brother. Pride is also referenced before in the story, and it says "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death." If you respect pride, you will be rewarded with the better fruit.
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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Morgan O'Shea
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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Morgan O'Shea

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Response to " The Scarlet Ibis" - Gianna Richel

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Response to " The Scarlet Ibis" - Gianna Richel

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From the story" The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst, the main character Doodle has a brother who is ashamed of being related to someone with a disability. In the story, doodle felt ashamed that he was a "disappointment" to his brother because the brother wanted a "normal" brother. Doodle was not supposed to live longer, but thanks to his brother, Doodle pushed himself beyond hid abilities! He learned how to walk, run, and even swim! His goal was to achieve being able to climb trees, etc. Unfortunately this couldn't happen because a horrible storm came by. Doodle and the Narrator where running to get inside from the storm, but the Narrator left his brother behind and ran off without him. Once he came back to find Doodle, he sees him sitting and not moving. He runs up to doodle and sadly notices blood all over him, Doodle was dead from the insane storm.

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Response to "The Scarlet Ibis" - JJ Donahue

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Response to "The Scarlet Ibis" - JJ Donahue

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From the story "The Scarlet Ibis" the main character Doodle was a young boy that was disabled. I really felt bad for him because no one really had much faith in him. They all though he was going to die at a very young age. His own family even was making a casket for Doodle because they even had to faith that he was gonna live. The only person that really did care for Doodle was his brother. His brother wanted to teach him how to walk witch Doodle couldn't even do at the age he was at. As a reader I felt like there was some faith because if his brother was able to help and teach doodle how to walk and do things he was never was able to do. Then as they trained and worked toward they goal to teach Doodle how to walk, Doodle eventually learned how to walk and he showed his family at the diner table one night. Soon as Doodle was able to walk his brother wanted to teach him more things like how to swim and paddle a boat. He started to work Doodle way to hard, Doodle started to get tired and couldn't go anymore. Then one day they were running to Horsehead landing and his brother saw Doodle face first into the ground. "Let's go, Doodle," I said. He didn't answer, so I placed my hand on his forehead and lifted his head. Limply, he fell backwards onto the earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red." Doodle was dead after that. As the reader I felt bad and sorry for the brother because he worked so hard for Doodle to become the person he was but I felt sorry because he worked him to hard and he might be the reason why Doodle died.

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Response to "The Scarlet Ibis" - Grace Suhocki

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Response to "The Scarlet Ibis" - Grace Suhocki

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In the story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst, the narrator longed for a companion.  Paragraph four states, "I wanted more than anything else someone to race to Horse Landing, someone to box with...I wanted a brother."  The narrator did, in fact, have a brother, who was born disabled.  No one believed that William Armstrong, otherwise known as Doodle, would be "all there' or capable of doing anything normally.  The narrator was determined to make Doodle do everything anyone else could.  At first, this may seem like the narrator wants to help his brother for Doodle's own good, but the reader can later see that the narrator was acting selfishly.  He was ashamed of Doodle.  Throughout the story, Doodle says, "Brother, Brother, don't leave me!  Don't leave me!"  This shows that despite how mean the narrator may have been to Doodle, Doodle continued to accept support and assistance from his big brother.  Additionally, the narrator talks about his pride throughout the story.  Page nine says, "(what are the words that can solder cracked pride?)"  Doodle's older brother was so concerned with his own ego that he pushed Doodle too far.  During the story, a scarlet ibis bird makes a significant appearance.  The bird is described as not afraid, tired sick, uncoordinated, yet graceful and delicate.  A few moments later, the bird died.  Doodle was shocked.  The narrator shows the reader that there is a special connection between Doodle and the scarlet ibis.  Doodle's death is later described in a very similar manner.  One can see that the importance of this bird is also shown through the title.

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Brandon Levy-Response to ´´The Scarlet Ibis´´

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Brandon Levy-Response to ´´The Scarlet Ibis´´

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In the story called the ´´The Scarlet Ibis´´ By James Hurst,there is a boy named William Armstrong which throughout the story gets his named changed to doodle by his brother. Early into the story Doodle´s brother did not like having a disabled brother,his whole family thought doodle was gonna die so his dad had a mahogany coffin made for doodle, but his aunt Nicey knew he was gonna live because he was born in a caul,something that covers a baby ' s head at birth.At first the brother wanted to kill doodle by smothering him with a pillow but once doodle smiled the brother was happy he said ¨Mama he smiled ,He´s all there,He´s all there. Throughout the story the brother gets mad cause doodle is already 5 and he couldn't walk but he was pushed by his brother but he didn't ever snitch on him,Once doodle learned how to walk the Narrator was very happy,he also taught him how to swim,climb trees and how to be a fighter.The part that is most upsetting is that Doodle´s older brother leaves him alone in the rainstorm cause he was very angry,once doodle´s brother went back to find him he found him dead with blood coming out of his mouth and having a t shirt filled with blood and the narrator actions caused to happen so maybe he is finally happy that his brother is dead because he couldn't just be happy with the way he was.

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Mack Fusco - Response to "The Scarlet Ibis" 

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Mack Fusco - Response to "The Scarlet Ibis" 

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“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, is about a boy named William Armstrong, nicknamed Doodle by his older brother, otherwise known as the narrator. The narrator speaks of his younger brother, Doodle, whose family thought he would die very early on after his birth. However, the little boy grows, and is able to talk, but was deemed never to walk until his older brother forces him to learn to. The narrator states, “They did not know that I did it [taught his brother to walk] for myself; that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices.” This quote proves how the narrator was prideful, and selfish, because he didn’t want others to think of him poorly due to how his brother was born unable to walk. Throughout the story, Doodle is constantly being pushed by his older brother to do things that the doctor says could negatively affect the young boy, such as teaching him to walk, to swim, to run, to climb trees, and to fight. One day, being the prideful older brother he is, the narrator leaves Doodle behind during a rainstorm, because he is upset with him. When he goes back in search of him, he finds the corpse of his younger brother in a huddled position beneath a red nightshade bush. By this time, it was far too late for Doodle to learn to climb trees, or to swim, because the actions of the narrator were too prideful, and led his poor little brother to die.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response-Gabby Girgis

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response-Gabby Girgis

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The story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst is a sad, and scary story about the narrator's experience with a disabled little brother, Doodle. Doodle is unable to accomplish the little things in life such as walking, swimming, etc. Doodle's brother felt embarrassed to have a brother who can't walk, and he also didn't want to push Doodle around everywhere they go. Throughout the story, the narrator tires to gain Doodles strength back by pushing him to practice the stuff he shouldn't be doing so he can be "normal." The text states "Oh you can walk," i said and i took him by the arms and stood him up. He collapsed on to the grass." This text shows how that at first, there was no hope in getting Doodle to walk or do any activities. Towards the end of the story, the narrator accomplished teaching Doodle to walk. At this point in the story, i thought that the story would have a happy ending, and he would be a normal person like everyone else. At the end, Doodle dies by trying to catch up with his brother and get out of the heavy storm that is hitting them. I realized that Doodle is a "round''' character because in the beginning of the story, he was a kid that couldn't do much, to a kid that could run and have the strength to do almost as much as a normal person can do. The scarlet Ibis in the story, is a red bird that fell from the tree. To me the bird represented Doodle because they both couldn't do much.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response-Angela Savino

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response-Angela Savino

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In the Story, "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst there are a lot of very emotional plots and events. The story starts with the narration of a what I believed to be by a teenage boy. He is reciting memories of his little brother, Doodle, who we later find out had some problems upon his birth. Towards the end of the story though, something tragic happens. Doodle unfortunately dies while trying to outrun a storm. Although Doodle’s death was nothing but sad, I made me realize a very symbolic connect that ran throughout the story. When the narrator, Doodle and the rest of his family find the dying Scarlet Ibis, there are some words that described it that related to Doodle. One example was  "but the wings were uncoordinated"(pg.7). This relates to Doodle, and how it seemed that he had "no bones" in his legs and was unable to walk like a normal person. But his brother never accepted that and always pushed him to do more. This is much like the bird. For the most part, he was unable to fly, but he still traveled and tried his best to fly. in the end though, it all ended as he died, attempting to fly but failing. Like this, Doodle was being pushed by his brother to run with him so get away from the storm, even though the narrator knew his brother was almost incapable of running, resulting in his brother dying, just like the Scarlet Ibis.

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This short story by James Hurst has many twists and turns. It starts when the narrator recalls his brother Doodle. When Doodle was born, he had disabilities and many believed he would die. The narrator always imagined doing fun activities with his brother, but now he wasn’t so sure that was going to happen. Throughout the story, the narrator starts to teach Doodle how to walk because he’s embarrassed that his five year old brother isn’t able to yet. His pride had taken over him. Then one day, a scarlet ibis flew into their yard (it had been thrown off course by a storm). After pushing through the whole storm, the scarlet ibis collapsed in their yard and died. Not shortly after, the storm hit them. Doodle and the narrator had been out on the water, the narrator not being able to let go of his pride even for a hurricane. They raced home once they saw the storm clouds coming, but they had not been fast enough. A tree was struck by lightning and it hit Doodle. He collapsed and was killed. In the text it says, “...For a long, long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.” After this line, everything had clicked for me. Doodle was the scarlet ibis. He had overcome so much and “pushed his way through the storm” just to die at the end.

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The story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, is a tale of remembrance about the narrator’s journey trying to accept his brother, Doodle’s differences. Doodle, who was born with disabilities, was unable to perform many seemingly everyday activities like running, swimming, or even climbing a tree. His brother on the other hand did not understand Doodle’s limitations and kept on pushing Doodle to do more and become stronger. This caused their brotherly relationship to be very one sided as Doodle cared very much but the narrator didn’t always reciprocate it. In the text it said, “They did not know that I did it for myself; that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices; and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” This shows how the narrator didn’t really want to help Doodle, he only wanted to help himself. In the story, a scarlet ibis, after traveling thousands of mile came to die in their yard. The bird was described as uncoordinated and unsteady, just like Doodle. This was a moment that foreshadowed the grim events that followed. Not long after, Doodle and his brother decided to go to Horsehead Landing. The narrator pushed Doodle past his limits and eventually Doodle couldn’t walk much longer. Instead of helping, the narrator ran faster and didn’t look back until it was too late. Blood oozed out of Doodle’s mouth and chest. Doodle was dead. The narrator was blinded by his own pride and couldn’t see it until someone else paid the consequences. At the end the narrator held his brother with despair and finally discovered the beauty of his own scarlet ibis.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response; Matthew Lau

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response; Matthew Lau

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I believe that "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst, is an emotional and somber short story. It tells a story where a boy named Doodle(William Armstrong) who is born disabled and his brother work together to try to make Doodle a “normal person.” While this process, both face challenges. Anyways, this story takes place in the early 1900’s and starts off as Doodle’s brother trying to make Doodle walk. Doodle at first is scared and while the process of learning how to walk, he is faced with a road block which is his fragile and insufficient bones. After he surprisingly succeeds in this objection, this soon leads to many other obstacles and instead of Doodle’s brother trying to motivate him in becoming a normal person, he is forced to do other ferocious task assigned by his brother. This does improve his skills but also weakens both Doodle’s inner and outer sides of his body. To prove all of this is in “The Scarlet Ibis,” it states, “Oh, you can walk,” I said, and I took him by the arms and stood him up. He collapsed onto the grass ...It was as if he had no bones in his little legs.” Due to Doodle’s brother’s ferocious task and also because a horrible rain storm, Doodle eventually dies. Speaking of which, why this story is called “The Scarlet Ibis” is because the Scarlet Ibis who is a bird symbolizes Doodle. They both face challenges and eventually die because of them sadly.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response- Delaney Lopez

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response- Delaney Lopez

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In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, there were a lot of connections and inferring I had to figure out. I liked the story’s mood, and the development of the characters. In the text, the narrator has a brother named Doodle, who was born with a disability of some sort and could not walk. His brother felt embarrassed by this so he decided, out of pure need of pride for him. Eventually, Doodle learned how to walk well and everyone believed in him. Later in the story, there was a bird, a scarlet ibis, that seemed to be having trouble flying, and it fell from a tree and Doodle felt so badly for it, as if he understood its struggles, so he buried it next to their garden. After a while the narrator had no pride left and stopped encouraging his brother that he can do anything. One day, there was a storm when they were rowing and on their way back, Doodle fell behind because his brother and best friend left him behind. In the text it says, “I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.” When he found doodle, he was dead and he cried for him, just like the scarlet ibis.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Joe Lardaro

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Joe Lardaro

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The plot of the “The Scarlet Ibis” left a lasting impression on me. The plot emphasized key events in the the text and cleverly foreshadowed the ending. In the exposition, the relationship of  Doodle, his brother, and his family is revealed. It can be inferred that Doodle was born disabled and therefore the majority of his family members had low expectations for him. The text states, “They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite. Such a name only sounds good on a tombstone.” Doodle’s prideful brother wanted a “normal brother” not a disabled one because people would think less of him. So, he taught Doodle how to be as normal as possible. Despite growing weary of his brother’s tedious, constant demands to practice walking, swimming, and rowing, Doodle still followed his brother’s instructions. I could foreshadow the ending of the text when Doodle spots a bird which has an uncanny resemblance to himself. The “red shriveled” Scarlet Ibis bird with “uncoordinated” wings fell down the “bleeding” tree where it was perched and died in front of Doodle towards climax of the story. Shortly after, Doodle and his brother go to Horsehead Landing and a storm hits. Typical of a self absorbed brother, he leaves Doodle behind in the storm angered that his expectations for Doodle would never be fully realized.  The last words of Doodle were, “Brother, Brother, don’t leave me.” The next time Doodle’s brother sees Doodle, he is bloody and dead on the ground close to where he left him. In the denouement and resolution of the text, Doodle’s brother finally begins to feel respect and sympathy for Doodle, as Doodle had for the Scarlet Ibis. However, it was too late.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Alyssa Napolitano

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Alyssa Napolitano

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“The Scarlet Ibis” is about a story that impressed me; the short story contained a lot of pictures that I could draw in my mind very easily. An example of this towards the end of the story when  Doodle dies. James Hurst writes a very detailed description of what Doodle is doing when the narrator finds him dead. It says on the last page in the first column “Finally I went back and found him huddles beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting on his drawn-up knees.” This quote shows how descriptive this writer can be. The imagery is shown throughout the whole short story. Having this in the writing piece helped me to understand the story better, and get a better understanding of what was going on. Another huge part of the story was the symbolism that it had. An example of this is after the tornado when the scarlet ibis landed in front the narrator’s house. Doodle whispered that the bird was dead. A note that I took at that part of the story was about me thinking that that was a sign that something was going to happen to Doodle. I thought this because Doodle is the “round” character, he is always changing throughout the short story. Later on in the story, Doodle dies. This, to me, represents the symbolism of the scarlet ibis and Doodle being the same.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" is a creepy, sad, and majestic tale. The crippled brother in the story, Doodle, seems wise, confident, yet weak. Throughout the story, the older brother (name unknown) pushes Doodle to do hard things (hard for Doodle), sometimes it had a good effect, and other times it didn't. He does this because he didn't appreciate a crippled brother, and wanted more of him then he was able to get. At first, he made Doodle accomplish walking. But the happiness lasted not as long as would be expected, for one day a red bird, a Scarlet Ibis appeared, and died, which, in the story, meant bad luck. this sad fate became true, for later on, a short time soon, due to brother's hardness on Doodle, and his pride and selfishness, Doodle died. After this, brother learns a lesson in one of the hardest ways imaginable, while still even the setting show the mood. The setting described in the beginning seemed sad and depressing, with death lingering everywhere like it was never going to go away. "...that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree. The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals... the last graveyard flowers were blooming... speaking softly the names of our dead" This also shows how meaningful Doodle was and how is death effected the rest of their lives. Because of his death, death lingered forever in their home.

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This is a very touching and rather shocking story. "The Scarlet Ibis" is a story that consists of a little boy who has a brother named Doodle. Doodle had a disability causing him to not be able to walk. The narrator was not very fond of the fact that his brother would not be able to walk so he made sure that he would teach him how to. Not because he cared how Doodle would feel if he could walk, but because of the fact that he would have a brother that is normal. However, a storm soon arises and Doodle trips. The narrator just leaves him behind. Doodle then dies a very unfortunate death. Something I found interesting and almost a little creepy is the part where the family finds the Scarlet Ibis. The Ibis was weak and described almost the exact same way Doodle was described. Clumsy and awkward. The Scarlet Ibis dies a death quite similar to Doodles. Out of the blue and shocking.

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Response to "The Scarlet Ibis"  Peter Barbato

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Response to "The Scarlet Ibis"  Peter Barbato

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The story "The Scarlet Ibis" is a very surprising and touching story that is sure to get you emotional. We have our protagonist, who had recently received a brother that is sadly disabled. Our protagonist wasn't really sure what to do with his disabled brother. As he mentioned in the text, he apparently wants to "kill" his brother, for what ever reason. Anyways, the whole entire family thought that he was going to die, so they built a coffin and prepared for everything; except for Aunt Nicey, she was the religious one but still had some faith and wasn't so doubtful. As Doodle kept growing and the bond between him and his brother grew stronger, the protagonist realized that Doodle was five years old and he still hasn't learned to walk yet, and Doodle yet has a lot of things to learn. The protagonist wanted Doodle to learn how to walk, so they practiced. It was a little rough at the beginning because Doodle kept falling down, but his brother did not want to give up so he pushed doodle really hard and practiced every day. All he wanted was for doodle to be normal, he took the time out of his own to help Doodle. They were both very successful, he learned how to swim, run and a bunch of other things. A very powerful storm formed that night, it brought a special surprise to the family. A red ibis, the birds that only live in the tropics, Doodle wanted to bury it because he felt bad. Sadly, in the end it seemed like all of that just went to waste. Doodle's brother may have pushed him a little too hard this time, and that resulted in death. The emotional part is that the red ibis symbolized Doodle, he wanted to bury it and mourn.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Michael Caracappa

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Michael Caracappa

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In the story, "The Scarlet Ibis", it ended up and lead to be a shocking and dejected story. In the beginning, a some what immature boy was given a brother. His brother was not any ordinary brother. He has disabilities. The young boy does not understand and accept his brother. Because of Doodles disabilities, the family thinks that he is not well enough to survive his conditions. The boy starts to kind of, understand about what his brother is going through and tries to teach Doodle how to walk. He survives for quite a long amount of time, rather than expected. But, Later on, near the end of the story, Doodle unfortunately ends up dying. What I feel is interesting about this story is the relationship between the boy and his brother Doodle, from the beginning of the story until the end. It gradually changes from when the boy wanted to "kill", his brother because of his disabilities. But toward the end of the story his relationship and emotion with doodle change greatly.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" t is a story with a very tragic plot that leaves most readers in shock. The story follows a young boy by the name of WIlliam Armstrong whose legs where disabled from birth, and his older brother by 6 years, the narrator, who just wants his brother to be like all the other kids.Though at some points the narrator had fun times with Doodle(William’s Nickname)  like when they went to Old Woman Swamp , he was embarrassed to call Doodle his  brother because of his disability. For example, when Doodle was born ,the narrator tries to kill him with a pillow because he wasn’t “all there”, meaning he wasn't just like everyone else who is a “complete” human .  Also, when doodle was five the narrator  taught doodle how to walk. This may seem like a good thing but it really wasn’t. the narrator  didn't do this out of the kindness of his heart. He didn’t only so he could feel like he has a normal brother. The text even states “Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” This is a major character trait in the narrator . It shows how he just wants to have a normal brother so he doesn't have to be embarrassed.The narrator realizes this and feels bad about it and when Doodle dies, he has to live with the guilt of how Doodle only accomplished things in life because the narrator  didn't want to be ashamed of saying he has a brother.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Jake Broadbent

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Jake Broadbent

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"The Scarlet Ibis" is a story that just takes your mind away and you become connected to it. Doodle, the narrator's young brother, has been disabled since birth. He had a slim to none chance of living, but the narrator, Doodle's older brother, motivates Doodle to do the things that an average person is capable of doing. For example, walking or rowing a boat. Doodle doesn't think he can do it, but the narrator keeps pushing and pushing him to try. One day, Doodle and the narrator discover a bird that only lives in the south called the, Scarlet Ibis, who made it through a tough storm and ended up on a tree in Doodle's home town. Doodle got so excited to see the Scarlet Ibis, and out of the blue, the Scarlet Ibis dies. Later on into the story, the narrator and Doodle are outside. They are having a good time until it rains. In the story, they describe Doodle as weak as an old man. "The doctor said that with his weak heart this strain would probably kill him, but it didn't." This sentence from the story proves that Doodle is a fighter. Until, his brother runs away from Doodle causing Doodle to have major anxiety. Randomly, Doodle collapses with the narrator only to find his brother with blood dripping down his face and not breathing! Now, remember when I previously talked about the Scarlet Ibis and how it made it through that tough storm then suddenly dies? Doodle also was working his way through a "tough storm." Doodle also had a sudden death. Due to these points, I believe the Scarlet Ibis represents Doodle.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Reponse: Sara Hosbach

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Reponse: Sara Hosbach

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As somebody that has brothers, "The Scarlet Ibis," by James Hurst had been a shocking and heart breaking story. A young boy, Doodle, had been physically disabled in the time period of the early 1900s. Everyone had given up hope, yet the narrator was determined to have a brother that he could be proud of. He worked with Doodle in order to make a brother he could be proud of. One day, when a storm hits, the narrator runs away, leaving his brother and his desperate cries. The narrator gets to saftey, but when Doodle doesn't return, anxiety rises within him. The narrator eventually wanders outside to see his brother under a bush. Blood covered him. Doodle was dead. This story shattered my heart into billions of little pieces. Throughout the text, I noticed that greed was the cause of the narrator pushing his brother, and eventually killing him. Even if one doesn't have a sibling, we all thought of someone or sometime we were greedy or some point in our lives that we regret. Now, the narrator must live the life of both himself and Doodle. In the text it had stated, "For a long, long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from hersey of rain." This shows that the narrator wasn't sheltering Doodle, but the body that always held him back. Part of him was crying for a brother he never had, another part crying for the loss of an unlikely friendship. Most of all, he was just getting used to the regret that buried deep in his stomach. In the end, he would have to live with that pit for the rest of his life.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Morgan O'Shea

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response: Morgan O'Shea

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This was a very interesting, yet shocking and quite depressing story. The story spoke of a young boy who struggled to understand and accept his brother Doodle's disabilities. Because of this, he tries (and succeeds - to some extent) to change his brother and fix his problems with walking. But when a storm hits their area, the narrators pride and anger towards his brother take over, and Doodle ends up dying an unfortunate and young death. Something I found very interesting about this story was the symbolism behind the Scarlet Ibis. As the narrator's brother, Doodle, was described (especially when he was born) as being "red and shriveled like an old man's [in response to his body shape and color when he was born]" (1) He was also portrayed as being clumsy and quite "awkward". When the readers met the Scarlet Ibis, it is described as clumsy and weak. The bird then suddenly dies a quite random death - much like Doodle! Because of this, I think that the bird is symbolic of Doodle

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response - Michael Borowinski

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"The Scarlet Ibis" Response - Michael Borowinski

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This is a rather sad and shocking story. It is a story of a boy who had a very slim chance of survival at birth, but he persevered through the hardest times in his life. He was born very weak, and that made it very hard to move normally. His brother was embarrassed of his disability, so he pushed Doodle to change. Doodle listened, but he was eventually pushed too hard by his brother (the narrator), and the result was unfortunately death. The amount of pressure on this young boy to succeed was incredible. He was emotionally worn out and physically worn out after each session of training. Doodle was doing everything he was told no matter the limits on his body. The only thing that was keeping Doodle going was his brother, who didn't know his limits. During the storm towards the end of the short story when they were trying to get home, Doodle tripped and his brother left him. The narrator kept going, mad that their session had just failed. He also wanted to make Doodle get up and do it by himself. Doodle thinks the one thing that kept him going just abandoned him. He then crawled under a bush, where he would eventually die. After that, most likely, his body started to fail him. This would happen because of the stress and the conditions his fragile body was under. He was like the scarlet ibis that died. He was pushed by a force (his brother or the storm for the bird) and was put into an unfamiliar setting. Doodle began to shut down because his brother left him. His organs were probably in critical condition and he was too weak to move, and his only support system just abandoned him. Eventually, after maybe 10 minutes, the brother came back to check on him, and there was blood coming out of his mouth and he was dead. It was his own pride that killed his brother. Pride is also referenced before in the story, and it says "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death." If you respect pride, you will be rewarded with the better fruit.

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"The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst is a very interesting, detailed, and depressing story. The story is about a young boy named William Armstrong, who eventually got the nickname Doodle because of the challenges he faces. Everybody except for Aunt Nicey thought that Doodle would die. "He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man's." stated the text. He also has a weak heart so it took him a while, and a lot of fight to even learn how to crawl. The text says, " Trembling, he'd push himself up, turning first red, then a soft purple, and finally collapse back onto the bed like an old worn-out doll." This proves that Doodle is a fighter. Even though he's a fighter at the age of five he couldn't walk. Doodle's older brother was ashamed of his brother because of this, so after a couple of months of practice at Old Woman Swamp, Doodle was finally able to walk. Doodle's brother didn't do it for Doodle though, he did it for himself because he was "...ashamed of having a crippled brother." This makes the speaker selfish. Later in the text Doodle's brother pushes him past his limits and when a storm arrives Doodle's brother runs while Doodle falls behind, and sadly ended up dying. A little earlier in the text, a scarlet ibis bird had dyed in the family's back yard. I think this bird represents Doodle. This is because the text says, "How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree." This piece of text proves that the scarlet ibis, along with Doodle both made it so far, but ended up dying when they shouldn't have.